Nearly 1 in 10 women in the United States (9.4%) has been raped by an intimate partner in her lifetime, and an estimated 16.9% of women and 8.0% of men have experienced sexual violence other than rape by an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime.

Sexual Violence:

Women and girls are the vast majority of victims: nearly 1 in 5 women – or nearly 22 million – have been raped in their lifetimes (The White House Council, 2014).

1 in 71 men – or almost 1.6 million – have been raped during their lives (The White House Council, 2014).

33.5% of multiracial women have been raped, as have 27% of American Indian and Alaska Native women, compared to 15% of Hispanic, 22% of Black, and 19% of White women (The White House Council, 2014).

1 in 5 women has been sexually assaulted while in college (The White House Council, 2014).

Child Abuse:

Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States (Fedderson & O’Meara, 2014).

The United States loses on average between four and seven children everyday to child abuse and neglect (Fedderson & O’Meara, 2014).

More than 70% of the children who died as a result of child abuse or neglect were two years of age or younger (Fedderson & O’Meara, 2014).

1 in 10 children suffer from child maltreatment, 1 in 16 children suffer from sexual abuse, and nearly 1 in 10 children are witnesses to family violence (Safe Horizon, 2015).

In 2012, 48.5% of abused children were boys while 51.2% of abused children were girls (safe Horizon, 2015).

LGBTQ Facts:

52% of LGBTQ youth say the community in which they live in not accepting of LGBTQ people.

LGBTQ youth are twice as likely as their peers to say they have physically assaulted, kicked or shoved at school.

73% of LGBTQ youth say they are more honest about themselves online than in the real world.

Mental Health:

One in four adults – approximately 61.5 million Americans – experiences mental illness in a given year (Duckworth, 2013).

1 in 17 – about 13.6 million – live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder (Duckworth, 2013).

Approximately 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18 experience severe mental disorders in a given year (Duckworth, 2013).

Approximately 18.1 percent of American adults – about 42 million people – live with anxiety disorders, such as panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized anxiety disorder and phobias (Duckworth, 2013).

Approximately 26 percent of homeless adults staying in shelters live with serious mental illness (Duckworth, 2013).

Victimization:

In 2011, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced an estimated 5.8 million violent victimizations and 17.1 million property victimizations (Planty & Truman, 2012).

Between 2010 and 2011, the overall victimization rate for violent crime increased 17%, from 19.3 to 22.5 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older (Planty & Truman, 2012).